Pattern names can help a reader enter a collection, but they should not hide the structure underneath. Compare rhythm, edge, scale and colour sequence before reaching for a technique label.
Use a common lens
A scarf-facing comparison works when each piece is asked the same small set of questions: where does the repeat begin, how does the edge behave, and what changes when the cloth moves?
- Compare the repeat
- Read the empty space
- Follow the edge
A pattern family is not a proof
Abstract, floral and stripe are descriptive groupings. They do not confirm whether colour was folded, stitched, clamped, painted or layered through several processes.
- Keep mechanism in the index
- Name the source
- Leave uncertain cases open
